效法

Chinese

		effect; efficacy; imitate	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (效法/傚法)		效/傚	法
simp. (效法)		效	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàofǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁶ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): háu-fap
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàofǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàofǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-fa³
    • Yale: syàu-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawfaa
    • Palladius: сяофа (sjaofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau⁶ faat³
    • Yale: haauh faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁶ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²² faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: háu-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau` fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau³ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯³¹ fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/

Verb

效法

1. to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after; to imitate

Synonyms

• 仿效 (fǎngxiào)
• 仿照 (fǎngzhào)
• 仿行 (fǎngxíng)
• 取法 (qǔfǎ)
• 宗法 (zōngfǎ)
• 師匠／师匠 (shījiàng) (literary)
• 師法／师法 (shīfǎ) (literary)
• 憲法／宪法 (xiànfǎ) (Classical Chinese)
• 憲章／宪章 (xiànzhāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 效仿 (xiàofǎng)
• 效尤 (xiàoyóu) (literary, to mimic wrongdoing)
• 模仿 (mófǎng)
• 步武 (bùwǔ) (literary)
• 法象 (fǎxiàng) (archaic)
• 視／视 (shì) (archaic)
• 範圍／范围 (fànwéi) (Classical Chinese)
• 觀象／观象 (guānxiàng) (literary)
• 遵法 (zūnfǎ) (literary)